The Tigers are at $5.50 with Collingwood on the second line of betting at $7 ahead of GWS who were the big movers, tightening from $21 to $9 after their 72-point thumping of Essendon.

The Giants are on the fifth line of flag betting, alongside reigning premiers West Coast and Melbourne.

The Tigers ($1.77) will start slight favourites against the Magpies ($2.05) on Thursday, while Essendon ($1.28) is favoured to bounce back against St Kilda ($3.60), Geelong ($1.55) is tipped to hand Melbourne ($2.40) consecutive losses and Hawthorn ($1.42) is expected to make it 2-0 when it takes on the Western Bulldogs ($2.80).